Reeves v. State

DODSON, Justice.

The appellant Larry Reeves was charged by indictment with the offenses of rape of a child, attempted rape of a child and indecency with a child. The jury convicted him of the offense charged in the first count, rape of a child, and assessed his punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for ten years. In three grounds of error, the appellant claims that the trial court erred (1) by denying his motion for continuance, (2) by not appointing an investigator, and (3) by not holding a hearing outside the presence of the jury to determine the admissibility of…